STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 519, sig. 109-4/265

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The German Minister of State. 22 December 1943. (p.d.) N. In tm ..(ε 1.) Law Firm issues the following certificate: 23. XII. 1943 N-OpenLee Ee Idoost rernutnsdmtuteredo- (o EvI MX Testimony ! SAL KeUULHIRLADQLRSUGRE Reichshauptstelleleiter Ing. Wilhelm Köster was from the German Labour Front for the time from l.ll. ABOMALZ 1940 until 1.12.1943 as head of the Liaison Office to the Czech Trade Unions and Commissioner for Community Food. Ing.Köster, according to my political statements, aligned the trade unions in the sense of the use of their members for the tasks and objectives of the Reichspolitik and achieved good results. The introduction of joint catering in the industrial enterprises of the Protectorate was managed by him with considerable skill and success. The personal SHSEIOV MUN HnsDELA co-operation with Köster was very good. Köster leaves the protectorate in order to take over a larger circle of influence according to a wish of the German labor front. My best wishes accompany him on his further career. 1 esan 2.) The above testimony has been handed out today by Ing.Köster. 3.)